Here it is! Another chapter! Thanks for reading and reviewing guys! Hopefully I'll get this finished up in the next few chapters. Enjoy!
Elena pushed open the door to her apartment and stumbled in, her head throbbing once more. The cat ran up and rubbed against her leg, obviously happy to see her owner after her sudden disappearance last night.
"Hey, baby," Elena muttered, her brain still foggy from her drinking binge and now also reeling from the knowledge that she woke up in Reno's bed. Elena walked over to the couch and collapsed on it, leaving her purse on the floor. Ten-ten hopped up on her stomach, causing Elena to cringe. She wasn't one to get sick to her stomach while hung-over, but cats jumping on her stomach didn't help the situation.
"Oh, Ten-ten. I feel like an idiot," she said as she began stroking the soft fur of the cat. "Something happened last night. Well, something other than the obvious, and I can't remember what it was." Ten-ten sat and stared quizzically at her owner. "I shouldn't have drank so much last night, but god, I was so pissed." Elena closed her eyes and tried to focus on what happened. She remembered talking to Joe, the barkeep. She remembered being pissed that Reno hadn't showed. And then there was the blonde guy, Christian or Tristan or something. She remembered feeling his hand on her thigh and wanting him to go away. But then, someone stopped him. Someone with bright red hair. Elena opened her eyes. Reno stepped in when Tristan was trying to get her to leave with him. But there was still something more. Elena sensed that wasn't the big thing that she needed to remember. Slowly, scattered memories were beginning to form. At that moment, there was a loud pounding on her door. Who would be pounding on her door on her day off? Elena's heart leapt. Perhaps, it was him. She ran to the door, throwing the cat aside on the way. She tried concentrating on the door, and not the pounding in her head. Breathlessly, she opened the door. But her smiled faded when she saw Tseng standing on her doorstep. Odd, since only the day before she would have jumped for joy at the sight of Tseng on her doorstep.
"Why the hell aren't you answering your phone? I've been trying to get a hold of you since last night," he barked. He took in her disheveled appearance and oversized shirt. "Am I interrupting anything?" he asked, appearing annoyed. Elena sighed and turned to go look through her purse for her cell phone.
"Sorry, sir. I, ah-, I guess I didn't hear it ring. What did you want?" she asked, digging though the purse.
"I need you to come in to finish up some paperwork this morning. Do you think you can handle it, or are you nursing a hangover as well?" he said calmly, as if there wasn't anything wrong with his being in an employee's apartment on her morning off, demanding that she come into work. Elena stopped shuffling through her purse. The cell phone wasn't in there.
"Damnit," she said, wondering where it could be. She placed her hand to her temple, willing the headache to subside.
"Elena, can you come in or not?" Tseng asked, crossing his arms. Elena looked at him, nearly in tears. Here she was, obviously distraught and hung-over and all he could do was stand there and demand to know if she was capable of coming into work that day. Elena wondered how she could ever have feelings towards someone so cold, so unfeeling.
"I, I don't know," she said, swallowing her tears. Tseng sighed and shook his head.
"Never mind. I'll get Rude to come in," he said as he walked towards the door. He pause momentarily before walking out. "Oh, and you might want to check with Reno about your lost phone." Elena's eyes widened as Tseng quietly shut the door behind him. Elena sat on the couch and ran her fingers through her blonde hair.
"As if I wasn't confused enough," she said. Memories, faint as whispers, tugged at her mind. "Reno," she murmured as she remembered a little more. "I need to talk to him." Elena stood, and then nearly fell over from lightheadedness. She couldn't tell if it was from the hangover or Tseng's visit or the shock of what she remembered. Another knock sounded on the door. Elena glared at it, assuming that Tseng had changed his mind and came back demanding that she go to work right this instance. All feelings of love towards him had vanished completely.
"What else do you want?" she muttered as she walked towards the door. The knock sounded again, a little louder this time. Elena reached the door and pulled it open. All annoyance left in an instant.
"You left your cell phone at my place. Tseng's been trying to get a hold of you," he said, holding out the little black object in his hand. Elena stared at it, then ventured to look into Reno's face. She could still see the hurt in his eyes and could hear it in his voice.
"I,...I remember," she whispered. Reno's eyes widened. "I remember what you said, last night." Then, she leaned forward and kissed him.